An undercover officer draws his gun while tackling Palestinian protesters at a holy site in Jerusalem.

Three demonstrators who stoned Israeli police were held in the latest clashes, in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud, following noon prayers.

Clashes broke out three days after police clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians at the al-Aqsa mosque compound - hours ahead of a debate in the Israeli parliament on Jews’ right to pray at the compound.

Currently Jews are banned from praying at the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam’s third holiest site.

The flashpoint compound sits above the Western Wall plaza and houses the Dome of the Rock.